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GAS STOVE. No. 465,911. Patented Dec. 29, 1891,

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THOMAS \VILLIAM BALLARD, OF LEYTON, ENGLAND.

GAS-=STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,911, dated December 29, 1891 Application filed April 2, 1891- Serial No. 386,447. (No model.) Patented in England March 22, 1887, No- 4.299.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WILLIAM BAL- LARD, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Leyton, in the county of Essex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Stoves, (for which I have obtained a patent'in Great Britain,

No. 4,299, bearing date March 22, 1887,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of gasstoves known as cosy stoves employed for heating rooms or apartments, and the main object of the invention is the construction of a cosy-stove which will give a more even diffusion of flame for heating the asbestus fiber and fire-clay over the whole heatingsurface of the stove, and will also economize the consumption of gas.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cosy-stove constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same through the line y y in Fig. 1.

A is the framing of the stove, of any suitable design, and preferably provided with an outlet A, to which a pipe may be attachedfor drawing off the products of combustion.

B is a hollow slab supported in said framing and made of fire-clay or other suitable refractory material. The frontof said slab may present a lumpy or undulating surface, as

shown in Fig. 2, in imitation of pieces of coal or other fuel, or such front surface may besmooth. Through the saidfrontportion perforations C are made, communicating with the interior B of the slab. Certain of said perforations are filled or partly filled with asbestus fiber D, so disposed that lengths of the same will be distributed over the front surface of the slab. The remaining holes form passages or burners for the emission of the heating-gas. In Fig. 1 every alternate perforation C is shown as filled with asbestus fiber; but I do not confine myself to such arrangement. Thus as a modification one row of perforations may be left openfor burners and the next row filled with fiber, and so on.

The bottom of the slab B is provided with 'an atmospheric or Bunsen burner E, of

any suitable design, connected with a gaspipe F, so that when the gas is turned on it will pass into and fill the interior space B escapes from the burners or perforations,

thereby economizing the consumption.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters 1at-' ent of the United States, is-

In a gas-stove, the combination of the frame A with the hollow slab B, provided with perforations C, the burner E for supplying a mixture of gas and air to the interior of said slab, the asbestus fiber D, and the outlet-flue A, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS \VILLIAM BALLARD.

Witnesses:

H. OUGHTERSON HAYMEN,

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